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Mr. Beckham Goes to LA

July
2

The David Beckham experiment is the subject of a new book, detailing the situation that brought Beckham into the MLS soccer league and why it hasn’t worked out all that well. One of the main difficulties is that his first year was plagued by injuries. In the second year, he just didn’t perform all that well. This man who was supposed to help popularize soccer in America and who was supposed to make LA even bigger turned out to be a bust. He also had difficult relations with his fellow players, including Landon Donovan, the best player in the MLS. He took the captainship away from him and the two generally had cool relations, despite many people’s efforts to better the situation.

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Women at Wimbledon

June
30

The women’s bracket at Wimbledon is fairly typical at the moment, where we can see that there will be a lot of similar winning players as we’ve seen in previous years. Let’s run through the quarterfinals and see if you recognize any of the names. Those of you who don’t know women’s tennis currently may not recognize the names, but this is for the rest of you. Dinara Safina will be playing against Sabina Lisicki in the quarterfinal later today. Venus Williams already won hers against Radwanska and made the semifinals. Schiavone will be playing against Elena Dementieva. Serena Williams is looking to make it back into the semifinals by winning against Azarenka. These are pretty much all the biggest names in the sport right now, so there haven’t been too many big surprises. Yesterday, Ivanovic called her game early against Venus because she’s injured. That’s been the biggest surprise so far.

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Here Come the Steelers

June
26

The Pittsburgh Steelers are back on the hunt for a second championship and their third in the last 5 years! This is a team that, in their first championship, astounded the country with their outstanding defense. Their second one showed that they were able to put a great offense on the field too. These Steelers are one of the most well-adjusted teams in the league right now. There will be some big challenges this year, including the re-emerging Patriots and a strong Indianapolis team. But the Steelers have all the momentum and a lot of talent. They are one of the best teams in the AFC and they will continue to push for another Super Bowl, and you should be there by getting your Steelers football tickets.

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Chelios

June
23

Chris Chelios will not be returning to the Red Wings this next year, because they will not be offering him a contract. It’s possible that he would like to come back, but he’s in his mid 40s and doesn’t get as much playing time as he did when he was younger. Detroit will be making some changes over the course of the offseason, because they were unable to win it. The team was looking a little older towards the end of this season, and they will need a new infusion of energy. But done’t worry, this doesn’t look like it’s going to be the beginning of rebuilding. Just a little bit of retooling from where they were before. They still have several outstanding players that will be working hard with the team for years to come.

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No more NHL and NBA Playoffs

June
19

It feels like it’s been about 40 years since the NHL and NBA Playoffs began and it seems like there’s nothing else to talk about. There were some great series and impressive games in this year’s playoffs. From the Bulls vs Celtics, to the Penguins-Capitals battle and the Stanley Cup Finals, it was a great spring for these sports. Now we shift our attention to baseball, which is really starting to heat up in many parts of the league. Some of the teams will change a lot in a few weeks when the All Star Break comes. We’ll have to get used to a kind of realignment for the second half of the season, but it’s always exciting to watch teams evolve over the course of the season. Get ready for a fun time as the baseball season keeps going!

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Coyotes of NHL Not Leaving Yet

June
16

The Phoenix Coyotes will not be leaving Arizona quite yet. The team filed for bankruptcy after several odd news reports and a lot of grief from the NHL and the hearings are in progress. Many different situations were going on and the NHL had partial ownership of the team for awhile. It’s very complicated, but the end result was that a businessman came forward, saying that he would be interested in buying the team and taking it back to Canada. But the judge in the case stated that this particular plan wasn’t going to work in the time frame suggested, because 14 days would be too short to put the whole case together. So for the moment, hockey will remain in Phoenix.

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Poor Alabamy

June
11

The NCAA will bring out an upsetting ruling for Alabama today or tomorrow: they will probably have to vacate as many as 21 wins. The challenge is about a number of different Alabama problems, mainly regarding improperly purchased books for students. It’s not completely clear from what I know, but it’s about kickbacks and other kinds of problems that you might run into with college students, who are not allowed to be paid. The school has done a good job making sure that they are following the rules now, and they have been fair in their handling of the problems otherwise. The NCAA is, however, for reasons of integrity and consistency, going to have to follow through on the normal consequences. I daresay, however, that Alabama wont be there.

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Datsyuk

June
8

The Red Wings were able to take a 3-2 lead in the Stanley Cup playoffs, which will allow them to relax a little bit. They were spurred to a 5-0 win by the return of Pavel Datsyuk, who has gotten over his injury and inspired his team. These players have been playing well all season and all postseason. But with him back in the lineup, but it seems like they will be absolutely impossible to beat. The Pittsburgh Penguins have pushed Detroit close to the brink, closer than any other team this post season. We’re looking forward to these teams battling it out for at least one more game. Detroit is working hard to get their second Stanley Cup in a row and one of many over the last few decades. Keep an eye on this series, because Pittsburgh could still make it a real series.

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Magic Melt

June
5

The Lakers were able to take Game 1 of the NBA Finals against the Orlando Magic in stellar form. The Jekyll and Hyde Los Angeles team was able to bring out whichever of those is the good one in last night’s game and it was a fantastic time for everyone involved with the team. It will be fun to see the rest of this series, if the Lakers find that they are able to hold on to that intensity or if Orlando is able to bring a lot of energy back against them. Each time the Lakers take the court, it’s hard to tell what kind of team you’re going to see, because they change back and forth so frequently. The Lakers, however, have a lot to play for, specifically that they want to get rid of the memory of last summer’s big losses against the Boston Celtics. We will have a sense in the next week or 10 days where this is headed and it’s bound to be exciting!

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Memphis and Rose

June
2

There is a challenge going on with the Memphis NCAA team regarding their current prized basketball alumnus, Derrick Rose of the Chicago Bulls. There is a rumor, apparently true, that he is in trouble with the NCAA because in his token one year in Memphis he might have gotten in under false pretenses. The reported violation is that there is an invalid SAT score from his high school that might have helped him get in there instead of going elsewhere. Sometimes this kind of thing happens with players that are doing a short stopover in the NCAA before they enter the NBA and it will be interesting to hear what it is that they are going to say about it. They apparently knew about that problem and didn’t mind, but it’s not sure when they found out about it and everything else.

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